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CHANDLER v. GRAFFEO

Record No. 030665.

604 S.E.2d 1 (2004)

268 Va. 673

Ruth E. CHANDLER, et al. v. Charles S. GRAFFEO, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lynn Tate, Cincinnati, OH (Thelma J. Wade, on briefs), for appellants.

A. William Charters, Norfolk (Deborah S. Holroyd; Robert E. Moreland; Goodman, Allen & Filetti; The Helig Firm, on brief), for appellees.

Amicus Curiae: The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Joshua D. Silverman; Williamson & Lavecchia, on brief), in support of appellants.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and STEPHENSON, S.J.

STEPHENSON, Senior Justice.

In this appeal from a judgment in a medical-malpractice action, we determine whether the trial court erred in: (1) admitting into evidence the opinion of a Medical Malpractice Review Panel (the Panel) and the testimony of two Panel members thereon when the Panel's decision was rendered beyond the timeframe set forth in Code § 8.01-581.7:1; (2) permitting testimony from two Panel members as the defendants' retained experts after they...

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